via Straits Times, 07 February 2023: Tours to the 19th century Fort Connaught in Sentosa island are one of the activities organised to commemorate the World War II Battle for Singapore.
Fort Connaught, a military site on Sentosa that dates back to the 1870s, will for the first time be opened in February to give the public rare access to its history.
Located at the eastern end of Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong Course, the fort saw action during World War II, reportedly firing all its ammunition at Japanese troops who were advancing in the west of mainland Singapore.
The fort’s guns were destroyed by the British before their surrender to the Japanese, and when Sentosa – formerly known as Pulau Blakang Mati – was developed for recreation, much of it was built over.
